Quote: "It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann."
An approach that focuses on the unique mental, emotional, and physical characteristics of an individual, and attempts to identify one specific remedy that can address all of their symptoms.
Concept of "Like Cures Like": The fundamental principle of homeopathy that states a substance that produces symptoms in a healthy person can cure those same symptoms in a sick person when given in a highly diluted and potentized form.
Materia Medica: A collection of information about the properties and effects of various homeopathic remedies.
Repertory: A tool that allows homeopaths to match a remedy to specific symptoms based on a database of symptoms and remedies.
Potentization: The process of diluting and shaking remedies to increase their potency and effectiveness.
Law of minimum dose: The principle that states that the minimum amount of a remedy required to produce a healing response should be used.
Case taking: The process of gathering information about the patient's physical, emotional, and mental state in order to choose the appropriate remedy.
Constitutional types: The idea that people have individual “body types" that can be used to determine which remedies are most effective.
Acutes and chronics: The difference between acute illnesses and chronic diseases, and how different remedies may be used to treat them.
Hering's Law of Cure: The principle that states that the healing process will occur in a specific order; from the inside out, head down, and in reverse chronological order of symptoms.
Homeopathic pharmacy: How remedies are prepared, manufactured, and stored for optimal effectiveness.
Aggravation and Amelioration: The concept that symptoms may become worse or better after taking a remedy.
Clinical verification: The process of testing and confirming the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies through clinical trials.
Nosodes: The use of pathogens or disease products in homeopathy.
Case management: Post-prescription assessment, advice about lifestyle and dietary modification, and follow up care to ensure the effectiveness of remedies.
Homeopathic remedies in first-aid: Remedies for acute situations on self-help level.
Principles of Hahnemann: Principles developed by the founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann.
Holistic approach and its importance in Homeopathy: Understanding the importance of treating the patient as a whole rather than just treating the symptoms.
Quote: "They believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people can cure similar symptoms in sick people."
Quote: "Homeopathic preparations are termed remedies and are made using homeopathic dilution."
Quote: "In this process, the selected substance is repeatedly diluted until the final product is chemically indistinguishable from the diluent."
Quote: "Often not even a single molecule of the original substance can be expected to remain in the product."
Quote: "Homeopaths may hit and/or shake the product, claiming this makes the diluent remember the original substance after its removal."
Quote: "Practitioners claim that such preparations, upon oral intake, can treat or cure disease."
Quote: "All relevant scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and biology contradicts homeopathy."
Quote: "The fundamental implausibility of homeopathy as well as a lack of demonstrable effectiveness has led to it being characterized within the scientific and medical communities as quackery and fraud."
Quote: "Homeopathy achieved its greatest popularity in the 19th century. It was introduced to the United States in 1825."
Quote: "Homeopathy was able to appear relatively successful, as other forms of treatment could be harmful and ineffective."
Quote: "By the end of the century, the practice began to wane, with the last exclusively homeopathic medical school in the United States closing in 1920."
Quote: "The trend corresponded with the rise of the New Age movement, and may be in part due to chemophobia, an irrational aversion to synthetic chemicals, and the longer consultation times homeopathic practitioners provided."
Quote: "In the 21st century, a series of meta-analyses have shown that the therapeutic claims of homeopathy lack scientific justification."
Quote: "National and international bodies have recommended the withdrawal of government funding for homeopathy in healthcare."
Quote: "National bodies from Australia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and France, as well as the European Academies' Science Advisory Council and the Russian Academy of Sciences have all concluded that homeopathy is ineffective."
Quote: "The National Health Service in England no longer provides funding for homeopathic remedies and asked the Department of Health to add homeopathic remedies to the list of forbidden prescription items."
Quote: "France removed funding in 2021."
Quote: "Spain has also announced moves to ban homeopathy and other pseudotherapies from health centers."
Quote: "The fundamental implausibility of homeopathy as well as a lack of demonstrable effectiveness has led to it being characterized within the scientific and medical communities as quackery and fraud."